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Cen"tal, n. Relating to a
hundred.

Cental system, the method of buying and
selling by the cental, or hundredweight.

Cen"tare` (?), n. [F.
centiare; centi- (L. centum) + -are.]
A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square
meter, or about 1⅕ square yards.

Cen"taur (s&ebreve;n"t&add;r), n.
[L. centaurus, Gr. Ke`ntayros.]

1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous
being, represented as half man and half horse.

2. (Astron.) A constellation in
the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern
Cross.

||Cen`tau*re"a (?), n. [NL. See
Centaury.] (Bot.) A large genus of composite
plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or
bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C.
Calcitrapa).

Cen"tau*ry (s&ebreve;n"t&add;*r&ybreve;),
n. [L. centaureum and centauria,
Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and
kentayri`h, fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.


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